"Under the procedural and mental scalpel of the anatomist, the continuity of the connective tissue as central matrix of the body has been lost. The primary connective tissue of the body is the embryonic mesoderm. The mesoderm represents the... matrix and environment within which the organs and structures of the body have been differentiated and therefore are embedded." Jaap van der Wal, MD, PhD
Instead of describing fascia as a structure that wraps around everything in the body, it is more accurate to describe fascia as containing all the various structures in the body: it is far more than mere 'wrapping'.
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